COME AWAY WITH ME TO CUBA...AND MY STUDIO!

"Beautiful Trinidad, Cuba"

8"x6"     Oil on Canvas Panel

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This painting is my Day #2 piece......Monday, Labor Day.

Churches in Cuba are no longer allowed to serve religious purposes.

Many are now public government buildings, museums,

performance venues, etc. 

Trinidad is full of beautiful and charming buildings, very colorful, but many

are in disrepair. 

 

I have set aside my plan to do a painting a day in favor first of

completing a portrait I started a few weeks ago as a class assignment.....

one I had been inspired to do for some time.  This is Bill, deep-sea fishing in Hawaii.

Here is the start:

 

Yesterday I started to model the foreground shirt, and the boat behind

the figure (see below).  Today I hope to work on the face and hat, and I'll be able to show

that in my next post. 

Progress.......slow, but nevertheless, progress.

 

Lucie has decided to sleep thru this process..........

big help!

Stay tuned..........

 

 

COME FLY WITH ME!

"Plants & More, Cuba"

8x6     Oil on Canvas

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I have once again signed up to participate in the

30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge......

not too bright on my part with the obligations I currently have

but, nevertheless, I'm in it.

 

I've decided this time to create works based on my travels.....most of them will

be of trips out of the USA, but occasionally I'll throw in something

out of the beautiful Southwest where I live.

 

This first piece is a plant shop in Cuba.  The buildings there are beautiful with lots

of charm, but maintenance challenged as the people

 have very little with which to repair them.  I apologize....

the color on the photo is not accurate.   Close, but no cigars (Cuban)!

 

Lucie thinks I'm putting myself up a tree by accepting this

challenge.....as usual, she's right.  We'll see how it goes!

Stay tuned...........





RAIN AND COOL WEATHER!

"Canyon Road Address"

Oil on Panel    6"x8"

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This was painted from a photo I took during a last-summer visit

to Santa Fe.

 

We had fabulous weather here last week!  One day we had an all-day

gentle rain, Saturday several soft showers, and even a nice rain last evening. 

Temperatures were in the low 80's all week......this while the

rest of the country was burning up.  We have such good weather

here in Las Cruces all during the year, and even on our seldom rainy days we 

enjoy beautiful white fluffy clouds against usually sunny, crisp New Mexico blue skies.

 

H.R.H. Lucie prefers to sleep on rainy days.  A walk outside in the rain

would muss her beautiful sleek hairdo. 

(Please don't tell her I showed this photo to you.......)

 

 

It's beginning to cloud over....another shower coming????

 

Stay tuned....... 

 

 



SUMMER SUNFLOWERS & SUMMER SHRIMP

My post today to my Daily Paintworks Gallery is

"Summer Sunflowers"

Oil on Canvas Panel (unframed)

8"x 6"

$95.00

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This has also been posted to the Daily Paintworks weekly 

Challenge.

In my last post I promised a really good shrimp recipe.  Here is a photo

to stimulate your curiosity:

This is so good, and so simple.  I peeled the shrimp before cooking

so it wouldn't be so messy to eat, but they can also be cooked in the

shell.  I wish I could take credit, but

the recipe can be found here.

Try it.  Let me know what you think. 

Stay tuned....

Kathleen and H.R.H. Lucie 

HAPPY JULY 4TH, AMERICA!

It's true that I haven't been here for a spell...too many irons in the fire,

and lots of family in and out. 

Lucie is absolutely correct in her philosophy of "doing what you

like best" (in her case that's sleeping), so it's back to

the easel for me (and a continuation of her favorite hobby, for her).

 

 

My painting post for today is Challenge #12 on the website,

"Let's Paint New Mexico".  I was saddened to learn that this site has been put 

temporarily (I hope) on hold.  Artist Dee Sanchez has done a great job with the

site but, like many of us, just has a shortage of time in her days.

 

 

"Market Zinnias"

Oil on Canvas Panel (unframed)

6"x8"

$95.00

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I hope to be able to show you some new (and we always hope) great work

in the next few days.   On my next post, I have a wonderful shrimp recipe

to share with you......Stay tuned.........

 

Kathleen (and H.R.H. Lucie)

 

 

 

 



SHOW AT MAIN STREET GALLERY, LAS CRUCES

Next Friday, May 3rd, you're invited to join us.   I will

be participating with other members of the

Southern New Mexico Art Guild in a show of small paintings of

our beautiful newly reopened Main Street.

This show, at the appropriately named "Main Street Gallery",

will be part of the monthly 1st Friday Downtown Art Ramble

from 5-7pm.

 

My painting, "Rio Grande Theatre" (yep, you've seen this before...sorry),

will be part of the show. 

In addition, the Dona Ana Arts Council,

operators of "the Theatre", will feature an image of this

work on their invitations and on the program of their annual

Arts Awards Celebration to be held there on May 30th.

 

I'll also have another "Main Street" entry in this show,

"Upstairs at the Branigan"

.....a view of our Branigan Cultural Center that eludes many

who fail to look beyond the overall view of this beautiful building.

 

YOU'RE INVITED.....SEE YOU AT RAMBLE.....AND,

AT THE DONA ANA ARTS COUNCIL ARTS AWARDS ON MAY 30TH.

 

Stay tuned......

 

 



GUESS WHERE I'VE BEEN......

No where, that's where.  But I've had lots of great

company, and lots of great help getting my yard ready for

Spring and Summer.

 

To get back in the swing (and the palette), I decided to swing into Spring

with this floral painting in the "fractured" technique....

 

"Showgirl"

6"x8"     Oil on canvas board

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Lucie is recovering from the excitement of having friends in

the house to play with.  She says "hello....be back with you soon".

Her naps (morning, afternoon and evening) are all running together!

 

Stay tuned.....